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Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill TextCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 121 to define terms; require a person making an independent expenditure to report it if the amount exceeds $500 in the aggregate in any one election; establish campaign contribution limits for candidates, slates of candidates, and candidate campaign committees; establish campaign contribution limits for caucus campaign committees, political issues committees, permanent committees, and executive committees; permit the establishment of a building account; establish campaign contribution limits for inaugural committees; establish campaign contribution limits for individuals; permit candidates, slates of candidates, committees, referendum committees, and individuals to utilize on-line credit and debit card transactions; provide for reporting exemptions for any candidate, slate, or political issues committee if a form is filed stating that contributions will not be accepted or expended in excess of $5,000 in any one election; require that referendum committees [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 121.120 and 121.180 to require the Registry of Election Finance to accept the electronic filing of a campaign finance report as the official version of the report, if the candidate or slate of candidates so chooses; allow the registry to accept electronic reports that are submitted on optical or magnetic disks; delete the requirement that candidates and committees file with the county clerk duplicate paper copies of reports submitted electronically; allow the registry to require filers accepting free filer-side software to use the electronic filing system; clarify provision making electronic filing available to all candidates, committees, and others required to file reports.
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Bill Text Amend various sections of KRS Chapters 83A, 116, 117, 118, 118A, 119, and 121 to change the filing deadline for candidates in primaries from the last Tuesday in January to the last Tuesday in April; change the date of the primary from the first Tuesday after the third Monday in May to the first Tuesday after the third Monday in August; eliminate the runoff primary for gubernatorial slates; amend various sections to conform; EMERGENCY.
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute as a Consent Bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15; 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute ; received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage f Bill Text Amend KRS 121.135 to authorize the general counsel of the registry to issue a written advisory opinion relating to a specific transaction or activity not later than 20 days after the registry receives the request.
Latest Action: 01/30/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text Create new section of KRS Chapter 164A to provide an interim process for approval of certain cash-funded capital projects, subject to approvals by the governing board, the Council on Postsecondary Education, and other restrictions; provide procedures to comply with LRC v. Brown.
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Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit unsolicited faxes to a telephone facsimile machine; define telephone facsimile machine, unsolicited advertisement by a telephone facsimile machine, and established business relationship; provide exception for an established business relationship between the sender and recipient; require that fax transmissions contain an opt-out procedure for recipient; provide for a private cause of action in District or Circuit Court; amend KRS 367.46951 to conform; amend KRS 367.990 to impose a maximum penalty of $500 for each violation, except that the penalty for a willful violation shall be not more than $2,000.
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Recommitted to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to require each candidate for Governor in the regular election to designate a running mate as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, rather than participating in the primary as part of a slate of candidates; amend KRS 121.015 to define "slate of candidates" to apply only to the regular election, not to the primary, and to include the candidate for Lieutenant Governor in the slate only after he or she has been designated as a running mate by the candidate for Governor; amend and create various sections of KRS Chapters 117, 118, 120, and 121 to conform; repeal KRS 118.227, relating to filings by slates of candidates, and KRS 118.227, which establishes the method of filling a vacancy in a slate of candidates before the primary.
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 119.205 to require candidates who hire transporters of voters to provide a written list with the names and addresses of those transporting voters to the polls to the Registry of Elections Finance; require transporters of voters to register with the candidate and to provide a list with the names and addresses of all persons and voters transported to the polls on the day of the election.
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Adopted 38-0 Bill Text Confirm the appointment of Kristen Webb to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance for a term expiring August 15, 2011.
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Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Adopted 38-0 Bill Text Confirm the appointment of Kristen Webb to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance for a term expiring August 15, 2011.
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 119.205 to require candidates who hire transporters of voters to provide a written list with the names and addresses of those transporting voters to the polls to the Registry of Elections Finance; require transporters of voters to register with the candidate and to provide a list with the names and addresses of all persons and voters transported to the polls on the day of the election.
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Recommitted to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to require each candidate for Governor in the regular election to designate a running mate as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, rather than participating in the primary as part of a slate of candidates; amend KRS 121.015 to define "slate of candidates" to apply only to the regular election, not to the primary, and to include the candidate for Lieutenant Governor in the slate only after he or she has been designated as a running mate by the candidate for Governor; amend and create various sections of KRS Chapters 117, 118, 120, and 121 to conform; repeal KRS 118.227, relating to filings by slates of candidates, and KRS 118.227, which establishes the method of filling a vacancy in a slate of candidates before the primary.
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute as a Consent Bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15; 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute ; received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage f Bill Text Amend KRS 121.135 to authorize the general counsel of the registry to issue a written advisory opinion relating to a specific transaction or activity not later than 20 days after the registry receives the request.
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 121.120 and 121.180 to require the Registry of Election Finance to accept the electronic filing of a campaign finance report as the official version of the report, if the candidate or slate of candidates so chooses; allow the registry to accept electronic reports that are submitted on optical or magnetic disks; delete the requirement that candidates and committees file with the county clerk duplicate paper copies of reports submitted electronically; allow the registry to require filers accepting free filer-side software to use the electronic filing system; clarify provision making electronic filing available to all candidates, committees, and others required to file reports.
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Bill Text Amend various sections of KRS Chapters 83A, 116, 117, 118, 118A, 119, and 121 to change the filing deadline for candidates in primaries from the last Tuesday in January to the last Tuesday in April; change the date of the primary from the first Tuesday after the third Monday in May to the first Tuesday after the third Monday in August; eliminate the runoff primary for gubernatorial slates; amend various sections to conform; EMERGENCY.
Also tagged in: Advertising, Advertising, Attorney General, Attorney General, Commerce, Commerce, Communications, Consumer Affairs, Courts, Circuit, Courts, District, Crimes and Punishments, Title Amendments, Trade Practices and Retailing
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit unsolicited faxes to a telephone facsimile machine; define telephone facsimile machine, unsolicited advertisement by a telephone facsimile machine, and established business relationship; provide exception for an established business relationship between the sender and recipient; require that fax transmissions contain an opt-out procedure for recipient; provide for a private cause of action in District or Circuit Court; amend KRS 367.46951 to conform; amend KRS 367.990 to impose a maximum penalty of $500 for each violation, except that the penalty for a willful violation shall be not more than $2,000.
Also tagged in: Attorney General, Contracts, Corrections Impact, Effective Dates, Emergency, Elections and Voting, General Assembly, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Local Mandate, Piggybacked Bills, Secretary of State, Title Amendments, Treasurer
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill TextCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 121 to define terms; require a person making an independent expenditure to report it if the amount exceeds $500 in the aggregate in any one election; establish campaign contribution limits for candidates, slates of candidates, and candidate campaign committees; establish campaign contribution limits for caucus campaign committees, political issues committees, permanent committees, and executive committees; permit the establishment of a building account; establish campaign contribution limits for inaugural committees; establish campaign contribution limits for individuals; permit candidates, slates of candidates, committees, referendum committees, and individuals to utilize on-line credit and debit card transactions; provide for reporting exemptions for any candidate, slate, or political issues committee if a form is filed stating that contributions will not be accepted or expended in excess of $5,000 in any one election; require that referendum committees [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/30/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text Create new section of KRS Chapter 164A to provide an interim process for approval of certain cash-funded capital projects, subject to approvals by the governing board, the Council on Postsecondary Education, and other restrictions; provide procedures to comply with LRC v. Brown.
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